There are just over 700 starting NFL jobs, and as the 2014 season nears, 13 players with ties to Connecticut are among the fortunate ones. The list includes eight former UConn players: Danny Lansanah, Dwayne Gratz, Anthony Sherman, Kendall Reyes, Will...

Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Linval Joseph was shot in the leg while at a nightclub early Saturday following the team's preseason win over the Oakland Raiders, the team announced.
The Vikings said Joseph suffered a "minor injury" when a stray...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- After being shot by a stray bullet at a night club on Friday night, Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Linval Joseph released a statement on Sunday saying he was an "innocent bystander."
Joseph was struck in the calf by a stray...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants have made no secret of their desire to improve the offense's 2013 performance, a season in which they finished 29th in the NFL.
Thanks to the hiring of offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo, the former Green...

The question isn’t who will replace Julius Peppers.
No, the question is who couldn’t.
You there, reading this piece on your laptop, get in there at right defensive end for the next snap. You couldn’t lose outside contain much worse than the guy with a cap hit of $18 million next season.
Who couldn’t give the Bears a game once a month? The Bears, in fact, had a lot of guys who did just that.
Who couldn’t be single-blocked and stay single-blocked? The Bears, in fact,...

QB: I think all three of these guys are close, and then there’s a big dropoff to whoever starts for the Eagles. If RG3′s knee was healthy, I would lean toward him, and obviously if we were talking about “Who...

RAVENS PASSING GAME: Struggling Ravens' quarterback Joe Flacco maintains he hasn't lost his confidence even as his late-season slump widens. He has completed more than 60 percent of his passes just once in four games, he hass thrown for under 200 yards in five of his last eight contests and he has committed six turnovers over the last three games. He has also been sacked 13 times over the past four weeks. Wide receiver Anquan Boldin was held without a catch last week for the first time in 107 games....